Application of Composite Materials to an Aircraft Wing Section

Abstract

This report describes research conducted to develop fabrication techniques with fiberglass-resin systems and to apply small specimen test results to the design of a full-scale wing section. A 7-foot composite wing section was fabricated and subjected to bending and torsion loadings up to 200 percent of the design ultimate loading without failure. This was the first wing to incorporate the higher strength, higher stiffness S glass material in roving and cloth form. The wing section performed in a very satis-factory manner with a good correlation between the predicted and actual test values.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0878074

Entities

People

  • Fred E. Bauch
  • Robert C. Lair

Organizations

  • Goodyear Aerospace

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Wings
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Composite Materials
  • Elastic Properties
  • Fabrication
  • Glass Fibers
  • Laminates
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Resins
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.